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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

PINDAD - Indonesian Government Owned Manufacturing Industry Specializing In Military and Commercial Products

PT. Pindad

TypePrivate

IndustryDefense, Industrial

ProductsMilitary and civilian products

PT. PINDAD is an Indonesian government owned manufacturing industry specializing in military and commercial products. Its activities cover design, development, engineering and fabrication as well as maintenance.

History

Founded in 1808 as a military equipment workshop in Surabaya under the name of Artillerie Constructie Winkel (ACW), this workshop expanded into a factory and after it had undergone same name change, it moved to Bandung in 1923.

The Dutch handed over the factory to Indonesian Government on April 29, 1950. Then the factory was officially named Pabrik Senjata dan Munisi (PSM) (English: weapon and ammunition factory) and located in where PT. PINDAD lies now.

Since then PT. PINDAD had change into an industry of military tools and equipment under the management of TNI (Indonesian Army). PT. PINDAD changed its status into a state owned company called PT. PINDAD (Persero) on April 29, 1983. The agency change into PT. Pakarya Industri (Persero) and then changed again into PT. Bahana Pakarya Industri Strategis (Persero).

In the year 2002, the status of PT. PINDAD (Persero) was again changed by the government, and since then the company is under Kementerian BUMN.

Awards

Pindad has received awards, recently being awarded to president Budi Santoso by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono due to the creation of the Pindad SS1 & Pindad SS2 rifles that enabled the Indonesian Army to win at the recent Asean Army Rifle Meet XVI contest in 2006.